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Zhou dynasty

dynasty of Ancient Chinese kings (王) lasting from c. 1046 to 256 BC

55 dated entries naming Zhou dynasty, drawn from 53 separate years between 947 BCE and 189 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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10th century BC

  • 947 BCE947 BC— Zhou mo wang, King of the Zhou dynasty of China.source
  • 935 BCE935 BC—Zhou gong wang, king of the Zhou dynasty of China.source

9th century BC

  • 879 BCE879 BC: Death of King Yi of Zhou, king of the Zhou dynasty of China.source

8th century BC

  • 782 BCE782 BC—Death of King Xuan of Zhou, king of the Zhou dynasty of China.source
  • 781 BCE781 BC—King You of Zhou becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.source
  • 722 BCE722 BC: Spring and Autumn period of China's history begins as King Ping of Zhou of the Zhou dynasty reigns in name only.source
  • 720 BCE720 BC—Death of King Ping of the Zhou dynasty of China.source
  • 719 BCE719 BC—Zhou Huan Wang of the Zhou dynasty becomes ruler of China.source

7th century BC

  • 694 BCE694 BC—Duke Hei Jian(黒肩) of Zhou killed King Zhuang of Zhou and plotted to help Prince Ke(克) assume the throne. Xin Bo(辛伯) reported it to King Zhuang, and killed Duke Hei Jian. Prince Ke defected to Yan.source
  • 682 BCE682 BC—King Zhuang of Zhou, King of the Zhou dynasty of China.source
  • 652 BCEHui of Zhou, ruler of the Zhou dynastysource
  • 651 BCEZhou Xiang Wang becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.source
  • 636 BCEDuke Wen of Jin becomes ruler of the State of Jin in Zhou dynasty China.source
  • 619 BCEKing Xiang of Zhou, king of the Zhou dynasty of Chinasource
  • 618 BCEKing Qing of Zhou succeeds his father King Xiang of Zhou as ruler of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.source
  • 613 BCEKing Qing of Zhou, king of the Chinese Zhou dynastysource
  • 612 BCEKing Kuang of Zhou becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.source
  • 607 BCEKing Kuang of Zhou, king of the Zhou dynasty of Chinasource
  • 606 BCEKing Ding of Zhou succeeds King Kuang of Zhou the ruler of the Zhou dynasty.source

6th century BC

  • 586 BCE586 BC—King Ding of Zhou, king of the Zhou dynasty of Chinasource
  • 572 BCEJian, Chinese king of the Zhou Dynastysource
  • 520 BCEKing Dao of Zhou, king of the Zhou dynasty of Chinasource
  • 520 BCEKing Jing of Zhou, king of the Zhou dynasty of China from 544 to 520 BCsource
  • 519 BCEZhou Jing Wang/Ji Gail becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.source

5th century BC

  • 482 BCEWhile King Fuchai of Wu attends a meeting in Huangchi, in an attempt to gain hegemony over all the other duchies of Zhou dynasty China, his capital city in the State of Wu is captured in a surprise assault by King Goujian of Yue. In 473 BC the State of Wu will be annexed by the State of Yue.source
  • 476 BCEZhou Jing Wang, king of the Chinese Zhou dynastysource
  • 475 BCEKing Yuan of Zhou becomes king of the Zhou dynasty.source
  • 473 BCEKing Fuchai of Wu, the last king of Wu in Zhou dynasty, Chinasource
  • 469 BCEKing Yuan of Zhou (Ji Ren), 27th king of the Zhou dynasty of Chinasource
  • 468 BCEZhou Zhen Ding Wang becomes the twenty-eighth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.source
  • 443 BCEDuke Ligong of Qin, 22nd ruler of the Zhou dynastysource
  • 442 BCEZhou zhen ding wang, king of the Zhou dynasty of Chinasource
  • 441 BCEKing Zhending of Zhou, 28th king of the Zhou dynasty of Chinasource
  • 440 BCEZhou Kao Wang becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.source
  • 433 BCEA set of sixty-five bells, from the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng (Zhou dynasty) in Suixian, Hubei, is made. It is now preserved at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan.source
  • 432 BCEThe Chinese Marquis Yi of Zeng is buried (approximate date) with lavish tomb items including a 65 set of bronze bells (bianzhong) with five octave musical scale and two musical tones that can be produced by each bell. Marquis Yi was from the State of Chu during the Warring States phase of the Zhou dynasty.source
  • 426 BCEZhou kao wang, king of the Zhou dynasty of Chinasource
  • 425 BCEZhou wei lie wang becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.source
  • 402 BCEZhou wei lie wang, king of the Zhou dynasty of Chinasource
  • 401 BCEZhou an wang becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.source

4th century BC

  • 385 BCEChuzi II, Chinese ruler of the Zhou Dynasty (approximate date)source
  • 376 BCEZhou An Wang, king of the Chinese Zhou dynastysource
  • 375 BCEZhou Lie Wang becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.source
  • 369 BCEZhou Lie Wang, king of the Zhou dynastysource
  • 368 BCEZhou Xian Wang becomes king of the Zhou dynasty of China.source
  • 362 BCEDuke Xian of Qin, ruler of the Zhou dynasty state of Qinsource
  • 334 BCEThe rulers of Wei and Qi agree to recognize each other as kings, formalizing the independence of the Warring States and the powerlessness of the Zhou dynasty.source
  • 325 BCEGoing against his loyalty to the figurehead monarch of the Zhou dynasty, the Qin ruler, Duke Huiwen, takes on the title of King Huiwen, claiming royal title and sparking a trend amongst other Warring States rulers to do the same.source
  • 315 BCEZhou Shen Jing Wang, king of the Zhou dynasty of Chinasource
  • 314 BCEZhou Nan Wang becomes King of the Zhou dynasty of China.source

3rd century BC

  • 256 BCELuoyang falls without much resistance to the armies of the Qin, ending the reign of the emperor Zhou Nan Wang. Although a successor was appointed as Dong Zhou Hui Wang, traditionally in Chinese history this is considered the end of the Zhou dynasty.source
  • 256 BCEZhou Nan Wang, Chinese king of the Zhou dynastysource
  • 255 BCEKing Hui of Zhou becomes the last claimant king of the Zhou dynasty of China.source
  • 249 BCEThe last remnants of the Zhou dynasty, having rebelled against the State of Qin, are defeated by Prime Minister Lü Buwei.source

2nd century BC

  • 189 BCELiu Fei, Chinese prince and proclaimed king of the former Qi State (Zhou dynasty) (b. 221 BC)source

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